Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni surged to a dominant early lead in presidential election results Friday, as the opposition accused authorities of repression, fraud and effectively placing main challenger Bobi Wine under house arrest in a vote marred by delays, violence and a nationwide internet shutdown.
Partial results released by the electoral commission from nearly half of polling stations showed Museveni with 76.25% of the vote, far ahead of Wine on 19.85%, with the remaining ballots split among six other candidates.
Museveni, 81, has ruled Uganda since taking power as a rebel leader in 1986 and is seeking what would be a seventh term, extending his grip
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